As promised, Google released the Android SDK for gPhone-like devices today. Programmers can use it to immediately begin development of native programs that will run on Open Handset Alliance ...

First, there’s the accusation that Android used Java code in creating its Dalvik virtual machine (VM). This is news?

RIM needs a Java VM so as to provide legacy support for QNX-based devices like the PlayBook, such as custom apps which corporations might have deployed and don't want to – or can't – recreate ...

Android is all about applications. Almost every article and discussion on this subject revolves around the SDK, the Dalvik Java VM and the Android Market. In fact, it is quite difficult to find an ...

Android uses the Dalvik virtual machine with just-in-time compilation to run Dalvik bytecode, which is usually translated from Java bytecode. developer.android.com writes: Every Android application ...

Jonathan Schwartz testifies that Java APIs were not considered proprietary or protected by Sun, as long as Google didn't use the Java name, countering Oracle's claims that Google infringed on its ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...